Creative Zen Microphoto 8GB: Unrecognized by Creative softw

Alright, I just got the player yesterday. I believe it has an issue with Creative's software and the USB. It's noticed in Windows Media Player 0 and on my desktop. I tried using the software in my laptop and it worked fine, but I would really like to use it on my desktop since my laptop usually doesn't have my MP3s on it.
I've tried upgrading the firmware, setting the USB in the registry, rolling back WMP, using the motherboard's own usb ports, and reinstalling the drivers and the software. None of this worked, but I can now turn the volume up higher.
Any advice or ideas?

I have the same/similar problem with my Microphoto 8GB (though I didn't get as far as deleting the firmware on the player). The player works - it continued to play music after I discovered this problem, until I formatted it on the advice of the website. The computer cannot recognise the device when it is connected and the player itself crashes/freezes every time I try to hook it up?- as well, interestingly, as causing problems with other USB devices connected to my computer, including my wireless adapter.
I've tried as many of the fixes on the website as I can, but none of them have helped.
At the moment, all of the Creative software has been removed from the computer, I have Service Pack 2, have rolled back to Windows Media Player 0 and?I have tried following the link for the MTP drivers listed in another post further down - but according to that I had nothing to download. I can't update/remove/uninstall any drivers as my player does not appear on the device listing of my computer (at best, I can find it as an Unknown Device which doesn't seem to help).
I can't understand why it has just suddenly stopped working. I purchased my player in September/October 2006 and it worked fine up until last week, although I did note the time prior to that the Creative software didn't work for data transfer - I had to open it under My Computer and drag-and-drop the files onto it. Have Microsoft released an update recently that I will have downloaded under automatic update? I am upset as this player cost a significant portion of my budget and is currently little better than a paper weight.Message Edited by CrimsonB on 03-07-200704:5 AM

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Hello,I got a Creative Zen MicroPhoto 8GB - It's a Mp3 Player as u probably know and it got reseted or somthing i think and i've lost my driver CD incase that should solve the problemToday at the morning I tried to hear some music on my MP3 player and suddenly a weird menu that i've never seen before with some 4 options and a title like This:Recovery ModeCreative Zen MicroPhotoV0.0.65(Then the options) Clean Up2 Format All3 Reload Firmware4 Reboot?What Should I do now ?Thanke You In Advance..Message Edited by LooKeng on 0-2-20080:07 AM
Right you will need to download the latest firmware from this site.
Here is a hyperlink to where you can download the firmware:
http://uk.europe.creative.com/suppor...lect=4&x=9&y=2
You might have to put some details in.
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ps.
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